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Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Pope Tawadros blessed the launch of al-Hurīyah al-Qibtīyah (“Coptic Freedom”), a new Coptic, ecclesiastical channel, and the first of its kind during his time as Pope. It is part of the global TBN network of channels, a Christian network available in most languages. Dīnā ‘Abd al-Karīm held an...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
A number of activists shared a video clip on Facebook in which Shaykh Ahmad Abū Islām, who presents a programme on al-Ummah Satellite Channel, attacks the National Salvation Front, describing it’s members as an atheist force which is fighting Islam and working to bring it down with cooperation from...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Egyptian Church yesterday began a week of “prayers for unity” under the leadership of the Council for Middle Eastern Churches. They also celebrated the inauguration of the Evangelical Church in al-Fajāllah in Downtown Cairo, after Church leaders led groups of boy scouts from the Jesuit School...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafī D’awah, attacked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Egypt, saying that the Iranian project was sectarian and aimed to spread the Twelver Ja’farī Doctrine of Shi’ism and conquer the Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamā'ah through killing,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadrus II has begun making significant changes in the Church, completing the process of pastoral and spiritual revival begun by the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. Several decisions related to Coptic affairs have been made recently, including a decision to establish a...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday (Febryary 9) issued a verdict to block YouTube in Egypt in response to the website continuing to “deliberately” show the trailer for the infamous film Innocence of Muslims, deemed offensive to the Prophet Muhammad, despite an order for it to stop...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Human rights and Coptic activists condemned a ruling issued by Cairo Criminal Court, sentencing Michael ‘Adil and Michael ‘As’ad to three years in prison for stealing and possession of firearms belonging to the Armed Forces. The background to this sentence is the attack on peaceful protestors...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth has refused the post of the official spokesperson for the Orthodox Coptic Church of Egypt although the pressure exerted on him by Pope Tawadros to accept the position (John 'Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 6, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
On Wednesday, January 30, Associated Press interviewed Pope Tawadros during which the Pope was criticised for scathing the new Egyptian Constitution (Ahmad al-Smāni, Al-Tahrīr, Feb. 6, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, has revealed its intention to nominate Copts on its lists of candidates so that the number of Copts on all candidate lists comes to 7 percent (Muhammad Rabī', al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 6, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.